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WVILLIAM B. BOORUM, OF NE? YORK, N. Y.

BINDING FOR BLANK BOOKS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 606,116, dated June 21, 1898.

Application filed January 8, 1898 Serial No. 666,038. (No model.)

T0 at whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. BOORUM, of New York, (borough of Brooklyn,) in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Binding for Blank Books, of which the followin g is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in temporary or refillable bindings for blank books, and is particular intended for use, in connection with pads or loose sheets, to form a book for the reception of memoranda. The construction of the binding is such as will permit either of the side members of the cover to fold over the back of the book and to lie smoothly against the outer surface of the other side cover, and thus to form a reversible notebook provided with a stiff backing which will form a support for the body of the book and will lie smooth and flat.

The invention consists of certain features of construction, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my invention as applied with the covers of the book closed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view with one of the covers folded under the other. Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the book with the covers opened or spread out and the method of securing the parts in different positions. Fig. 4: is a section across the book,

both covers being in closed position; and Fig.-

5 is a cross-section showing one side folded back and under.

It is very desirable in connection with notebooks used by students in taking notes at lectu res and by stenographers and others to have a'book-cover within which loose sheets or a pad of paper may be secured and so constructed that the cover will not be in the way in taking the notes and yet will form a protection for the notes when the book is not in use and which will be attractive in appearance. The object of my invention is to secure these results.

The cover is intended for use either in connection with loose sheets or with paper pads, preferably, however, with the latter, as it will be more convenient to insert a pad than a series of loose sheets. It is, however, as well adapted for use in connection with one as with the other. 7

In the drawings the pad or loose sheets are represented by the letter G. The cover is provided with two side pieces A and B, the body of which consists of a piece of ordinary board, such as used for book-covers, covered with any suitable material. The side A is made of the full width of the pad. The side B is, however, made considerably narrower than the side A. Between these two sides are a series of narrow strips D, D, D and D four in number and each of a width substantially equal to the thickness of the pad. These strips are-connected to each other and to the side covers by means of a flexible binding H of any suitable material. This binding His preferably of a double thickness, with the strips between the two layers. This portion of the cover is thus divided into a series of narrow strips connected by a flexible material which will permit hinging at the points 0 between the strips. The strip D, next to the broader side cover A, forms the back of the bookbinding. The strip D, next to this, is provided with holes adapted to receive the binding-staples E. I

The book-body G is provided with correspondingholes adapted to receive thestaples E,which may be of any suitable form. 1 Those shown in the drawings consist of ordinary paper-fasteners, which are inserted through the holes in the strip D and the rear edge of the book-body. The ends are then bent over, as shown in Fig. 3, firmly securing the same in place. The fasteners pass through only the strip D of the binding. The smooth side of the fastener will be placed outside the cover and the turned-over points inside. In consequence of this construction there will be nothing about the book or its fastening which can catch upon the pocket or scratch a table when placed upon it.

In using the book the cover is'folded over, as shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 5. Figs.-2 and 5 show the side B as being folded under the'side A. The two sections D and D fold against the sections D and D, while the side cover 13 folds next to the other side cover A. If desired, the book may be reversed by folding the side A around under the side 13, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. I

The use of the strips D, D, D and D enables either side of the cover to be folded up against the opposite side and the parts to fold closely upon each other, thus preventing any roll at the back. The book will thus lie more smoothly upon the table than if the back were made of ordinary flexible binding. This result is also partly due to the fact that the cover is secured to the book-body only at one point. This construction also protects the pointed ends of the fasteners against engagement with the pockets or any article upon which the book may be laid.

lVhile I am aware that an improved bookbinding may be produced constructed on the same lines as that shown, but omitting the stiffening-strips D D, &c., yet I consider the insertion of the strips as producing a superior article.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Aremovable binding forbooks, comprising boards forlnin g the sides of the cover, one of said boards being of the full width of the book and the other being narrower, flexible connections between said boards, and means for securing an intermediate portion of said flexible connection to one side of the bookbody, near its back whereby either board may be folded about the back and lie smoothly against the other, substantially as described.

2. Aremovable binding for books, comprising boards included in the side covers, one of said boards being of the full width of its side and the other being narrower, a series of narrow sections havinga flexible or hinged connection to each otherand to said boards, the one of said narrow sections next the wider of said boards forming the back of the cover,and means for securing the section next said firstnamed section to one side of the book-body, near its back whereby either cover may be folded over the back and against the other cover and lie flat against the same, all of said 'strips being of awidth substantially equal to the thickness of the book, substantially as described.

' 3. A removable binding forbooks, comprising two boards included in the side covers, one of said boards being of the full width of its side and the other being narrower, a series of four narrow sections having a flexible or hinged connection to each other and to said boards, the one of said narrow sections next the wider of said boards forming the back of the cover, and the next having holes therein adapted to receive staples or similar fasteners which pass through the back edge of the bookbody,whereby either cover may be folded over the back and against the other cover and lie fiat against the same, said strips being of a Width substantially equal to the thickness of the book, substantially as described.

\VILLIAM BOORUM.

lVitnesses:

CHAS. F. LIPMAN, Gno. II. GRESHAM. 

